veel

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Noun 1.1.1.1 Quotations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Verb 1.2.1.1 Quotations 1.3 Etymology 3 1.3.1 Noun 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Quotations 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adverb 2.3 Numeral 2.4 Derived terms 3 Estonian 3.1 Adverb 3.2 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

veel (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of veal.

[edit] Quotations

• c. 1450, Mirour Saluacioun

  The ydolatiers of the golden veel.

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Verb

to veel (third-person singular simple present veels, present participle veeling, simple past and past participle veeled)

1. (nonstandard, British) feel

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• 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

  To Veel. v. To feel.

  Veel’d. part. Felt.

[edit] Etymology 3

[edit] Noun

veel (plural veels)

1. (nonstandard, British) field

[edit] Derived terms

• veelvare

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• 1850, James Orchard Halliwell, A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century

  But why do they let ’un stray out of the veels?

• 1869, James Jennings, The Dialect of the West of England, particularly Somersetshire

  Veel. s. A field; a corn land unenclosed.

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

veel (comparative meer; superlative het meest)

1. much

[edit] Numeral

veel {comparative: meer, superlative: meest}

1. many, much

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[edit] Estonian

[edit] Adverb

veel

1. yet

[edit] Anagrams

• elev